Bug#759101: lintian: Error level warning for unknown "Multi-Arch" field values in source and binary packages
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.25
Severity: wishlist
Dear Lintian Hackers,
the recent upload of libcdio 0.92-1 to experimental causes nearly every
APT-based command (at least "apt-get update", "apt-cache policy foobar",
"apt-get source libcdio=0.92-1", and "aptitude" to argue about an
unknown Multi-Arch type:
$ apt-cache policy foobar
W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libcdio-dev'
W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libiso9660-dev'
W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'libudf-dev'
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
N: Unable to locate package foobar
$
(See https://bugs.debian.org/759099 for the according report.)
Lintian so far seems not to detect this annoying issue. So please emit
an Error level warning if the Multi-Arch control field in any source or
binary package contains unknown values, or at least if it contains "no".
TIA
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (110, 'experimental'), (109, 'buildd-unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.15-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.24.51.20140818-1
ii bzip2 1.0.6-7
ii diffstat 1.58-1
ii file 1:5.19-1
ii gettext 0.19.2-1
ii hardening-includes 2.5+nmu1
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b2
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.37-2
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libclone-perl 0.37-1+b1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.17.13
ii libemail-valid-perl 1.194-1
ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.03-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.92-1
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.33-2+b1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1
ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.09-1
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
ii liburi-perl 1.64-1
ii man-db 2.6.7.1-1
ii patchutils 0.3.3-1
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.20.0-4
ii t1utils 1.37-2
Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii libautodie-perl 2.25-1
ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.18-3+b1
ii perl-modules [libautodie-perl] 5.20.0-4
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.13
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.71-1+b2
ii libtext-template-perl 1.46-1
ii libyaml-perl 1.01-1
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
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